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Moscow (Russia), Dec 22 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Maxim Shipenkov).- The mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin has signed a decree to ban the New Year celebrations as well as Christmas events in the city. FOOTAGE OF A HOSPITAL IN MOSCOW.
Jakarta, May 6 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia has implemented travel restrictions during Eid-al-Fitr in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Indonesian government strictly prohibits people from carrying out Eid-al-Fitr homecoming activities this year to protect the community from coronavirus transmission between 6 and 17 May 2021. Millions of people across Indonesia usually travel back to their hometowns to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important holidays in the country, with loved ones. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONOI). SHOT LIST: INDONESIAN POLICE OFFICERS STAND GUARD AT A CHECK POINT IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Kathmandu, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Nepalese gathered Thursday to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival despite the government's request of no gatherings of more than 25 persons due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bisket festival is celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2076, especially among the Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival, devotees will carry a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses and smear vermilion-color powder on each other's faces. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: NEPALESE PEOPLE SING AND DANCE TO TRADITIONAL MUSIC WHILE SMEARING VERMILION COLOUR POWDER DURING THE 'SINDOOR JATRA' FESTIVAL AS PART OF THE BISKET JATRA FESTIVAL IN THIMI, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Tunisia, Mar 25 (EFE) .- (Camera: Natalia Román Morte) A year after confirming its first case of Covid-19, Tunisia is facing a severe economic, political and social crisis that has pushed its precarious health system to the limit and weakened the most disadvantaged classes, forced to choose "between dying of hunger or dying of coronavirus" in the second country in Africa in the percentage of deaths associated with the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNISIA.SOUNDBITES IN FRENCH OF HECHMI LOUZIR GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE AND MEMBER OF THE TUNISIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.TRANSLATION:- "There has been a lack of respect for preventive measures and lack of means because our system, already in normal conditions, the resuscitation and oxygen beds, were at the limit, we can say".- "We've never heard of this. Pharmaceutical companies ask and demand, even before distributing the vaccines, that there be specific legislation in the countries that are going to receive them that says that in case of side effects the Government takes over. For this it has been necessary to pass laws, we have approved two".- "Many have been invited (to be vaccinated) and have not shown up, let's hope they show up. We know that first-line doctors play a very important role as intermediaries and if they are convinced of the benefits of the vaccine and are better informed of the risks and advantages, etc. the message is more easily transmitted to the population".
Shanghai, Feb 15 (EFE/EPA).- Tourist attractions, sports venues, movies, and other attractions in Shanghai are flooded with people who could not go back home to celebrate the Spring Festival due to the new outbreak of COVID-19 in China, government regulations, and travel restrictions. Spring Festival usually lasts 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year's eve to the Lantern Festival which runs from February 11 to 26. (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI).SHOT LIST: SPRING FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.